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Category : American periodicals
Languages : en
Pages : 658
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Lock Keeper's Daughter
Author: Pat Warner
Publisher: Brewin Books
ISBN: 9781858580753
Category : Boats and boating
Languages : en
Pages : 138
Book Description
A Worcestershire canal childhood is described in this new edition.
Publisher: Brewin Books
ISBN: 9781858580753
Category : Boats and boating
Languages : en
Pages : 138
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A Worcestershire canal childhood is described in this new edition.
Littell's Living Age
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Category : American periodicals
Languages : en
Pages : 658
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Pages : 658
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The Lighthouse Keeper's Daughter
Author: Hazel Gaynor
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 006269863X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 416
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From The New York Times bestselling author of The Girl Who Came Home comes a historical novel inspired by true events, and the extraordinary female lighthouse keepers of the past two hundred years. “They call me a heroine, but I am not deserving of such accolades. I am just an ordinary young woman who did her duty.” 1838: Northumberland, England. Longstone Lighthouse on the Farne Islands has been Grace Darling’s home for all of her twenty-two years. When she and her father rescue shipwreck survivors in a furious storm, Grace becomes celebrated throughout England, the subject of poems, ballads, and plays. But far more precious than her unsought fame is the friendship that develops between Grace and a visiting artist. Just as George Emmerson captures Grace with his brushes, she in turn captures his heart. 1938: Newport, Rhode Island. Nineteen-years-old and pregnant, Matilda Emmerson has been sent away from Ireland in disgrace. She is to stay with Harriet, a reclusive relative and assistant lighthouse keeper, until her baby is born. A discarded, half-finished portrait opens a window into Matilda’s family history. As a deadly hurricane approaches, two women, living a century apart, will be linked forever by their instinctive acts of courage and love.
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 006269863X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
From The New York Times bestselling author of The Girl Who Came Home comes a historical novel inspired by true events, and the extraordinary female lighthouse keepers of the past two hundred years. “They call me a heroine, but I am not deserving of such accolades. I am just an ordinary young woman who did her duty.” 1838: Northumberland, England. Longstone Lighthouse on the Farne Islands has been Grace Darling’s home for all of her twenty-two years. When she and her father rescue shipwreck survivors in a furious storm, Grace becomes celebrated throughout England, the subject of poems, ballads, and plays. But far more precious than her unsought fame is the friendship that develops between Grace and a visiting artist. Just as George Emmerson captures Grace with his brushes, she in turn captures his heart. 1938: Newport, Rhode Island. Nineteen-years-old and pregnant, Matilda Emmerson has been sent away from Ireland in disgrace. She is to stay with Harriet, a reclusive relative and assistant lighthouse keeper, until her baby is born. A discarded, half-finished portrait opens a window into Matilda’s family history. As a deadly hurricane approaches, two women, living a century apart, will be linked forever by their instinctive acts of courage and love.
The Living Age
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Languages : en
Pages : 672
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Pages : 672
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Correct English
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Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 546
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Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 546
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Littell's Living Age
Author: Eliakim Littell
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Languages : en
Pages : 682
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Pages : 682
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Swan Song
Author: John Galsworthy
Publisher: Open Road Media
ISBN: 1504081145
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 333
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The final novel of “a social satire of epic proportions and one that does not suffer by comparison with Thackeray’s Vanity Fair” (The New York Times). From the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1932 Set against the backdrop of a post–World War I Britain, now rocked by a general strike, Swan Song captures the staunch resilience—and ridiculousness—of the British upper middle class, who view this new national crisis as just a minor inconvenience. As the ever-so-steadfast Winifred Dartie says, “If they could get this little fuss over, the coming season would be most enjoyable.” Especially since Jon Forsyte and his American wife have visited from France. Though eager to pitch in to help his homeland, Jon never expects his return will have such an effect on his former love, Fleur Mont, now married to a member of Parliament and a mother. Even when the strike abates, their reunion sends ripples through their friends and family, including Fleur’s father. He knows his daughter wants nothing more than what she doesn’t have—and to save her from herself—he sets out to stay one step ahead of her duplicitous heart . . . “It is such a joy to read a book which is unquestionably a good piece of work, that tells you on the first page that it is going to tell its story gracefully, with technical skill, and with that rare quality of fineness. Swan Song has quite literally greatness—to say more about it would be to spill gilt paint over a calla.” —Chicago Tribune
Publisher: Open Road Media
ISBN: 1504081145
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 333
Book Description
The final novel of “a social satire of epic proportions and one that does not suffer by comparison with Thackeray’s Vanity Fair” (The New York Times). From the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1932 Set against the backdrop of a post–World War I Britain, now rocked by a general strike, Swan Song captures the staunch resilience—and ridiculousness—of the British upper middle class, who view this new national crisis as just a minor inconvenience. As the ever-so-steadfast Winifred Dartie says, “If they could get this little fuss over, the coming season would be most enjoyable.” Especially since Jon Forsyte and his American wife have visited from France. Though eager to pitch in to help his homeland, Jon never expects his return will have such an effect on his former love, Fleur Mont, now married to a member of Parliament and a mother. Even when the strike abates, their reunion sends ripples through their friends and family, including Fleur’s father. He knows his daughter wants nothing more than what she doesn’t have—and to save her from herself—he sets out to stay one step ahead of her duplicitous heart . . . “It is such a joy to read a book which is unquestionably a good piece of work, that tells you on the first page that it is going to tell its story gracefully, with technical skill, and with that rare quality of fineness. Swan Song has quite literally greatness—to say more about it would be to spill gilt paint over a calla.” —Chicago Tribune
Nightseed
Author: Harold Alfred Manhood
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Languages : en
Pages : 384
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Languages : en
Pages : 384
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The Annotated Wind in the Willows
Author: Kenneth Grahame
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 9780393057744
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 480
Book Description
Grahame's classic comes alive in a gorgeous, annotated homage to this belovedmasterpiece.
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 9780393057744
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 480
Book Description
Grahame's classic comes alive in a gorgeous, annotated homage to this belovedmasterpiece.
The Annual Register
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 908
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 908
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